by Mel | Jul 17, 2019 | Economy, Local economies, People power
Tech is integral to all of our lives. But lots of it occupies an anti-localisation space: The big four tech companies are global, and part of their appeal is connection to anywhere in the world. There are great benefit to this, but Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple...
by localisewm | Jun 6, 2019 | Local economies, Local government, Localisation, People power, Politics, Regional economies, Retail, Sustainability
With recent news that retail jobs have fallen in every UK region outside of London and that Amazon is trialling pop-up ‘Clicks and Mortar’ stores in the UK, which will be stocked with products from independent online retailers. We looked at the ongoing debates about...
by localiseblog | Mar 13, 2019 | Biodiversity, Books and articles, Devolution, Food, Green New Deal, Health, Local economies, Low carbon, People power, Sustainability, Transition, Transport
David Fleming drew on the wisdom of Elinor Ostrom, who published ‘Governing the Commons’ in 1990. An article in the Economist records that “collaboration was her watchword. Neighbours thrived if they worked together. The best-laid communal schemes would fall apart...
by localisewm | Nov 14, 2018 | Co-operatives, Council, Economy, Finance, Local economies, Localism, People power, Transport
A year ago the residents of Hawes were in the news after launching their own Little White Bus in 2011 to meet the trains at Garsdale station seven miles away. Today they have a fleet of 10 minibuses that rely on 53 volunteer drivers and nine part-time staff, ferrying...
by localisewm | Jan 10, 2018 | Democracy, Devolution, Economy, Employment, Finance, Local economies, Localisation, People power, Social Enterprise, Transition
From short-term licences to long leases, local community and voluntary groups are seeking opportunities to take on the management or ownership of buildings and land. ‘Community Asset Transfer’ or in Scotland ‘Asset Transfer’ has enabled thousands of buildings and...
by localisewm | Nov 16, 2017 | City council, Devolution, Economy, Employment, EU, Finance, Food, Local economies, Localisation, People power, Procurement, Regional economies, Transition, Urban
Preston’s skyline: Carl Ji, a Chinese student, at the University of Central Lancashire Austerity has been devolved to local councils and, perversely, areas with higher levels of poverty have been hit hardest, councils have on average faced 40% cuts in their budgets....
